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Events from the year 1921 in Ireland. ==Events== *1 February * *Captain Con Murphy from near Millstreet, Co. Cork is executed by British authorities, the first man to be executed in front of a firing squad since the Rising of 1916. * *The Irish White Cross is established to distribute funds raised by the American Committee for Relief in Ireland. *4 February - Irish War of Independence: Irish Republican Army sets fire to Summerhill House in County Meath, destroying it. *5 February - In Brighton, England, the widow of Charles Stewart Parnell, Katherine Parnell, dies aged 76. *5 March - Irish War of Independence: Clonbanin Ambush: Irish Republican Army kills Brigadier General Cumming. *19 March - Irish War of Independence: Crossbarry Ambush: British troops fail to encircle an outnumbered column of Irish Republican Army volunteers in County Cork, with at least ten British and three IRA deaths. *21 March - Irish War of Independence: Headford Ambush: Irish Republican Army kills at least nine British troops. *27 April * *In the Dáil, Éamon de Valera accuses the delegation to London of having ignored its instructions. Arthur Griffith accuses de Valera of knowing at the time that a Republic could not be achieved. * *Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the first Roman Catholic granted the office since 1685. *3 May - The province of Northern Ireland is created within the United Kingdom under terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920.〔Statutory Rules & Orders published by authority, 1921, No. 533〕 *13 May - Irish elections, under terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920: At close of nomination for elections to the new Parliament of Southern Ireland, all 128 candidates are returned unopposed and deemed elected. All 124 Sinn Féin candidates regard themselves as elected to the Second Dáil. *24 May - Irish elections, under terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920: In the Northern Ireland general election for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland (held by single transferable vote), it is apparent by 29 May that the Unionists have a substantial majority (40 out of 52 seats). *25 May - Irish War of Independence: The Irish Republican Army occupies and burns The Custom House in Dublin, the centre of local government in Ireland. Five IRA men are killed and over eighty captured by the British Army which surrounds the building. *7 June - The forty elected Unionist Members of Parliaments gather in Belfast City Hall. James Craig is elected as the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. *22 June - New Parliament of Northern Ireland meets at Belfast City Hall and is opened by George V of the United Kingdom, making a speech (drafted by Jan Smuts) calling for reconciliation in Ireland. *28 June - New Parliament of Southern Ireland meets at the Royal College of Science for Ireland in Merrion Street, Dublin and is opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Viscount FitzAlan. In addition to the appointed Senate, only the four Unionist MPs representing the University of Dublin attend the House of Commons. Having elected Gerald Fitzgibbon to be Speaker, the House adjourns ''sine die''. This is its only formal meeting and it never enacts any legislation. *4 July - James Craig refuses to attend a peace conference in Dublin because the invitation by President Éamon de Valera was addressed to him personally instead of to the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. *8 July - At the Peace Conference in the Mansion House, Dublin, President de Valera accepts an invitation to meet the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Lloyd George, in London. *10 July - Bloody Sunday: Clashes between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast result in 16 deaths (23 over the surrounding four-day period) and the destruction of over 200 (mostly Catholic) homes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) )〕 *11 July - Under the terms of the truce (signed on 9 July) which becomes effective at noon, the British Army agrees that there will be no provocative display of forces or incoming troops. The Irish Republican Army agrees that attacks on Crown forces will cease. *16 August - Following the uncontested election for the Parliament of Southern Ireland, 125 Sinn Féin Teachtaí Dála assemble as the Second Dáil at the Mansion House, Dublin. Six represent constituencies in Northern Ireland (five of them jointly with constituencies in the South). *23 August - The Northern Cabinet agrees that Stormont Castle will be the permanent site of the Northern Houses of Parliament. *7 September - David Lloyd George summons a meeting of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom at Inverness to discuss an independent Ireland's relationship with the British Empire. *8 September - David Lloyd George's final offer is delivered to Éamon de Valera. Sinn Féin is invited to discuss the proposals which would grant limited sovereignty within the British Empire. *14 September - Dáil Éireann selects five delegates to negotiate agreement with Lloyd George in London, including Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. *8 October - The Irish delegation leaves for London to discuss the Treaty. *9 October - Large crowds greet the Irish delegation at Euston Station in London. Griffith tells the crowd that de Valera will not travel to London. *6 December - Agreement is reached in the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations in London. The main points include the creation of an Irish Free State within the Commonwealth, an Oath of Allegiance to the Crown, and retention by the British naval services of the use of certain ports. *16 December - The British House of Commons accepts the Articles of Agreement. The House of Lords also votes to accept the Treaty by a large majority. *Bethany Home established in Dublin as a home for Protestant unmarried mothers, reformed prostitutes and those convicted of petty offences. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1921 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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